Brisbane officially announced as host of 2032 Olympics
By Chandler Thornton, CNN Brisbane has been officially announced as host of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032. The Australian city and…
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US gymnast Kara Eaker and basketball player Katie Lou Samuelson test positive for Covid-19 ahead of Olympics
By Dan Moriarty, Kevin Dotson and Chie Kobayashi, CNN Two US athletes have tested positive for coronavirus days before the start of the Tokyo…
Continue ReadingMark Spitz: Seven ways to survive the Olympic Games
By Don Riddell, CNN A nine-time gold medalist, Mark Spitz knows a thing or two about how to successfully navigate the Olympic Games as an athlete.…
Continue ReadingCori ‘Coco’ Gauff will miss the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for Covid-19
By Amir Vera and Kevin Dotson, CNN American tennis hopeful Cori “Coco” Gauff will miss the Tokyo Olympics after announcing on Twitter…
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Tokyo 2020: Two South African footballers test positive for Covid-19 in Olympic Village
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Just days before the Olympics are set to begin, three members from South Africa’s Olympic football team have tested…
Continue ReadingGermany’s Olympic soccer team walks off the pitch during friendly match over alleged racial abuse
By John Sinnott and Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN Germany’s Olympic soccer team walked off the pitch during a friendly match against Honduras after…
Continue ReadingNick Kyrgios pulls out of Tokyo Olympics citing empty stadiums and injury
By Aleks Klosok, CNN Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has confirmed his withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics, saying a ban on spectators attending…
Continue ReadingTokyo venues for Olympics will have no spectators; Games will be held under a state of emergency
By Junko Ogura, Chie Kobayashi and Nectar Gan, CNN Tokyo venues for the pandemic-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will not have spectators due to the…
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The Tokyo Olympics: A Summer Games like no other
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics will be the 29th edition of the Summer Games. But this edition, athletes and spectators will see an…
Continue ReadingThough her suspension ends before relay event, Sha’Carri Richardson left off US Olympic track team
By Steve Almasy and Jill Martin, CNN US star sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was left off the roster for the US track and field team that will…
Continue ReadingThree-time Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers on how Graves’ disease ‘made me who I am’
By George Ramsay, CNN Gail Devers’ first Olympic gold medal could hardly have come in more dramatic circumstances, dipping for the line in a…
Continue ReadingBiden on Sha’Carri Richardson’s suspension for positive drug test: ‘The rules are the rules’
President Joe Biden said he was “really proud of the way” US track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson responded following a positive drug test and…
Continue ReadingAshleigh Barty on her Olympic ‘dream’
World No. 1 tennis player Ashleigh Barty talks to Amanda Davies about her Olympic “dream” ahead of Tokyo…
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Four Bend females racing for spot on Team USA, one moves on
Four women from Bend took to the track Thursday at the USA Track and Field Olympic Trials at Hayward Field in…
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AP source: Lillard tells USA Basketball he’s in for Olympics
Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard has told USA Basketball officials that he will play for the national team in this summer’s Tokyo…
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Mini neighborhood Olympics held by Bend family who postponed Tokyo Olympics trip
A neighborhood Olympics competition was held in Bend Sunday morning, in honor of the upcoming games in…
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Bend long-distance runner sets sights on Tokyo Olympics
The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo were postponed a year, due to the pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped Bend’s Mel Lawrence from training hard, in hopes of…
Continue ReadingUS citizens warned not to travel to Japan as Tokyo Olympics near
The Tokyo Olympics, postponed in 2020 during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, are facing increasing hurdles in putting on a 2021…
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IOC chief says Olympics will be held safely despite Japan’s Covid surge
Less than 10 weeks out from the postponed start to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, organizers have promised athletes they are doing everything they can to…
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Dreams delayed, not denied: Bend Olympic hopefuls set their sights on 2021
NewsChannel 21’s Max Goldwasser talked with two Olympic hopefuls in Bend on Thursday about their reaction to the year-long delay and their…
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